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*SAGINAW County

Remembering our past: History of Saginaw Township

by Larry G. Toft, Illustrated by Elizabeth J. Nagel, Edited by Mary B. Richardson

Donning Company, Publisher. Virginia Beach VA  23462​

ISBN: 978-1-57864-604-3, c/206, Sources, Appendix

Table of Contents. Chapter 4 Education one-room schools p. 57-77

Illustrated, Map

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History of Albee Township  (Saginaw County, Michigan)

c. 1976. Table of Contents, Illustrations,  maps. 346 pages

One section on the Albee Township one-room schools

 

Recollections of the One-room Schoolhouse

M/A, 1982, Page 66+ Schools Cady near Midland, Albee in Saginaw County

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History of Thomas Township (Saginaw County)

Elmer A. Rusch committee chair

Centennial Celebration of the United States

c. 1976, Index. Bibliography, maps, illustrated, unpaged

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*ST. CLAIR County

 

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*ST. JOSEPH County

School district record: Buys School (aka Rice School) District #5, St. Joseph County, MI

 1896, UNAVAILABLE

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School District record: 1933-1960: School District #1, Fabius Township, St. Joseph County, MI

1960 225 pages, 1 library owns this UNAVAILABLE

Includes attendance, report cards, and seating charts

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School District record: 1877-1920: Cupp School, District #4, Nottawa Township, St. Joseph County, MI 

Published St. Joseph 1920, pages 91

1 library owns this, Not Available

Includes meetings, teacher contracts, receipts and expenditures, school census and annual reports

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Teacher’s daily register: 1895-1904: Cupp School, District #4, Nottawa Township, St. Joseph County, MI

St. Joseph 1904, 55 pages, 1 library owns this, Not Available

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School District record: 1865-1894: Cupp School, District #4, Nottawa Township, St. Joseph County, MI

St. Joseph 1894? 142 pages, 1 library owns this, Not Available

Includes meetings, receipts and expenditures and annual reports

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School District record: 1899-1917: Cupp School, District #4, Nottawa Township, St. Joseph County, MI

111 pages, No copies Available

Includes teacher records and reports

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School District record, 1949-1954: Corey Lake School, District #6, St. Joseph County, MI

 54 pages, 1 library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

Includes meetings, receipts, and expenditures, etc.

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School years and more

by Carolyn Thiele-Hall

 St. Simons Island Georgia, 49 pages, Illustrations, Portraits, Maps, 1 Michigan library owns this        

Maps on cover "Cover: Extract of 1872 plat map of Colon Township, MI (St. Joseph County)         

indicating location of schoolhouses and the Thiele Family Farm"- from title-page verso

Part 1:  schools. schoolhouses - Changing school facilities - History of Eberhard School - Our school - Classroom instruction & teachers - Our students - Our day: lunch, recesses, programs - Consolidating schools - Condition and uses of remaining schools Eberhard School classes, 1955-1958 - Part II. Thiele Family. Thiele Family activities in the 1950s - Farm animals, bicycling, fishing, swimming - BBQs, gardening, sledding - Church, vacations, holidays Brookside Farm fires, our jobs - Relatives and friends who visited our farm - Riding the milk truck and delivering eggs - Childhood diseases verso and doctor's house calls - Stories of Fred - Appreciation of friends and family 

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*SANILAC County​

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*SCHOOLCRAFT County

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*SHIAWASSEE County

"ECHOES OF YESTERYEARS" Shiawassee County Schools, Vol. 1 - 11

This series of publications is devoted to the history of Shiawassee County Schools, from 1837 to 1987

With each of the nine volumes showing the oldest schools in each township, with pictures of the pupils attending those schools

They also include lists of teachers, a short history of that township and other memorabilia of the period

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Volume 1, Owosso Township

Owosso Township: City of Owosso schools, Owosso Business College, School of Nursing, County Normal School,

Pilgrim Holiness Seminary, Owosso Graduates of 1892 and 1904, Teachers from Owosso Township, St. Paul School, Dewey School,

Union School, Burton School, Carson School, McCall School, West Branch School and Green Meadows School

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Volume 2, Caledonia and Venice Townships

Caledonia Township: Corunna Schools, Eveleth School, Flint School, Hawkins School, Hintz School, Kelly School, Kerby School

and Young School. Venice Township: Bulemore School, Church School, Forest School, Lennon School, Lytle School,

Martin School, Wilkinson School and Venice Center School

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Volume 3, Hazelton and New Haven Townships

Hazelton Township: Austin or Tin-Top School, Brown School, Cantley School, Day and Gillett School, Hazelton Center School, and Hubbel School. New Haven Township: Juddville School, Lewis School, New Lothrop School, Rhodes School, Clark School, Creek School, Easton School, German School, Hart School, Hurd School, New Haven School, Rosa School and Underwood School

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Volume 4, Middlebury and Scioto Townships

Middlebury Township: Hammond School, Lake School, Marshall School, Mead School, Merrill School, Warren School

and Middlebury School. Scioto Township: Chant School, Doyle School, Leland School, Octagon School, Sherman School, Walters School,

Wert School, Blood School and Meridian School

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Volume 5, Bennington and Shiawassee Townships

Bennington Township: Bennington No.1 School, Morton School, Gale School, Pittsburg School, German School, Bennington No.6 School, Dewey and Sherman School and Flint School. Shiawassee Township: Eddy or Kirker School, Freemont School, Haggerty School, Lemon School, Newburg School, Oak Grove School, Octagon School, Shiawassee town School and Tyrell School

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Volume 6, Fairfield and Rush Townships

Fairfield Township: Bennet School, Brainard School, Carland School, Corp School, Fox School, Sawyer School, Somers School (Saginaw County). Rush Township: Carmody School, Clark School, Goss School, Henderson School, Rush Center School, Scott School, Washburn School, Oakley School (Saginaw County), Havanna School, Walsh School ( Saginaw County), Koyne School (Saginaw County), Overpack School, Fowler School and County Normal School

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Volume 7, Burns and Vernon Townships

Burns Township: Barnum School, Chaffee School, Cole School, Green School, Haviland School, Knaggs Bridge School,

Union Plains School and Williams School. Vernon Township: Baird School, Chalker School, Durand School, Garrison School, Holmes School,

Lovejoy School, Mikan School and White School

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Volume 8, Antrim and Perry Township

Antrim Township: Ailing School, Baldwin School, Beard Fuller School, Gallagher School, Hearse School, Island or Red School, Morgan School, Bancroft School, Knaggs Bridge School, Haggerty School and Tyrell School. Perry Township: Austin School, Bush School, Clark School, Hinkley School, Lovejoy School, Morrice (Purdy) School, Perry School and Wallace School

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Volume 9, Woodhull Township, Historical records 1837 - 1962, County Rural School Teachers 1893 - 1934

Woodhull Township: Misc. pictures, Corcoran School, Graham School, Kay School, Shaftsburg School, Sprague School, Lytle School, Octagon School, Mason School, Green School, Lemon School, Log School, County Intermediate School and Rural School Teachers 1893 - 1934

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Volume 10 "ECHOES OF YESTERYEARS" A brief history of the county

A brief History of Shiawassee County, the naming of the Townships, Hamlets, Towns and Roads

This book is divided into 16 sections, each telling where the township got it's name, and how the roads were named

104 pages, soft cover

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Volume 11 "ECHOES OF YESTERYEARS" 'Owosso Schools', Historical records of 1837-2003

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*TUSCOLA County​

 They all became one---Part I. A pictorial history of the Kingston School 1863-1957

Part 2. The One-Room Schools of Kingston 

Peter, Richard, Publisher Richard & Jan Peter, 2014 

354 pages, Illustrations, 1 library owns this

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Soil survey of Tuscola County, Michigan

by E.B. Deeter and A.E. Matthews, Publisher: U.S. G.P.O., 1926, 40 pages, Illustrations, Maps

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*VAN BUREN County

Teacher’s daily register West Valley School, District #3f, Decatur Township, Van Buren County, & Volinia Township, Cass County, MI

Published Decatur, MI Library has 1890-1894 Photocopied from original record book. 1 library, Not Available

 

School and Township records: 1856-1923, Covert (Deerfield) Township, Van Buren County, MI 

Published Decatur MI  2004 unpaged, 1 library owns this

 

School records: Gliddenburg School District #8, Paw Paw Township, Van Buren County, MI 1930-1955

Published Decatur MI, 63 pages 2001, 1 library owns this

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District record: Bell School, District #8 Hamilton Township. Van Buren County Michigan 1893-1902

Published Decatur, MI, 2002, unpublished, 1 library owns this, Not Available

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Cash Disbursements Shaw School, District #1, Decatur Township, Van Buren County, Michigan 1829-1946

 2002 unpaged, 1 library owns this, Not Available

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Treasurer’s Book Celery Center School, District #9, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, Michigan

 2002 unpaged, 1 library owns this, Not Available

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 Building our memories, brick by brick: History and memories of West Brick School

Green, Catherine Dawson, 120 pages, 2012, 2 Available

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District & grade record: West Valley School, District #3f, Decatur Township

Van Buren County and Volinia Township, Cass County, Michigan, 1880-1898

 Published, 2003, 1 Michigan library owns this, Unavailable

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Van Buren County Michigan: A pictorial history compiled by Van Buren Genealogy Society

2003, 160 pages, Published by Turner, 1-563-119080 ISBN

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Times Gone By In Lawrence Michigan Hartford Arlington Van Buren County History

​by Pauline Heldt, Published: 1976, 114 pages, Illustrated

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​​Covert Michigan Rare Local History A Look At Covert's Heritage ​

by Pearl Sarno, Publisher: Covert Township Bicentennial Committee, 1976, 80 pages, Rare, Illustrated

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*WASHTENAW County​

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*WAYNE County

Footpaths to Freeways: The story of Livonia

by Domine P. Paris, 1925

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History of Wayne County and the City of Detroit, Michigan

by Clarence M. Burton & M. Agnes Burton c. 1930

S. J. Clarke Publishing 4 vols. 

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Historic Notes From The Past: One Room Schools (Michigan)

by Cheryl Martin

48 pages, Illustrations

Primarily information on Romulus #1 in Catton Township, Wayne County. 

Now in the Romulus Historical Park 

 

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*WEXFORD County

Rural schools of Wexford County

Wexford County Historical Society

48 pages, Illustrations, Maps

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